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Half-Lightweight (≤66 kilograms), Men

Date	17 September 2000 — 15:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney Exhibition Centre, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney, New South Wales (Hall 1 & 2)
Participants	35 from 35 countries
Format	Two single-elimination pools, with winner of each pool advanced to the final. All judoka losing to the finalists in each pool advanced to repêchage pools, with the winners of the repêchage pools earning bronze medals.

France’s Larbi Ben Boudaoud was World Champion in 1999 after winning a silver medal at the 1997 Worlds. He was also European Champion in 1998 and 1999. In the 1999 World final, he defeated Turkey’s Hüseyin Özkan. In Sydney they again met in the final. Ben Boudaoud led early in the match when Özkan threw him for ippon to win the gold medal. Neither judoka was a native of the country they represented in 2000. Ben Boudaoud was born in Algeria, but had moved to France as a youth. Özkan was born in Chechnya in the Soviet Caucausus, but moved to Turkey when he was 20. His judo gold medal was the first Turkish gold medal won in a sport other than weightlifting or wrestling.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Hüseyin Özkan	TUR	Gold
2	Larbi Benboudaoud	FRA	Silver
=3	Giorgi Vazagashvili	GEO	Bronze
=3	Girolamo Giovinazzo	ITA	Bronze
=5	Arash Miresmaeili	IRI
=5	Patrick van Kalken	NED
=7	Han Ji-Hwan	KOR
=7	Yukimasa Nakamura	JPN
=9	Henrique Guimarães	BRA
=9	Ivan Baglayev	KAZ
=9	Kiyoshi Uematsu	ESP
=9	Zhang Guangjun	CHN
=13	David Somerville	GBR
=13	Georgi Georgiev	BUL
=13	Melvin Méndez	PUR
=13	Pürevdorjiin Nyamlkhagva	MGL
17	Jorge Quintanal	GUA
=18	Alex Ottiano	USA
=18	Andrew Collett	AUS
=18	Islam Matsiyev	RUS
=18	Pedro Caravana	POR
=22	Amar Meridja	ALG
=22	Anis Lounifi	TUN
=22	Gabriel Bengtsson	SWE
=22	Javier Wanga	ARU
=22	Jean-Claude Cameroun	CMR
=22	József Csák	HUN
=22	Kevin Ngapoula-Mbembo	CGO
=22	Ludwing Ortiz	VEN
=22	Martín Ríos	ARG
=22	Miguel Ángel Moreno	ESA
=22	Victor Bivol	MDA
=22	Yordanis Arencibia	CUB
=34	Mansur Zhumayev	UZB
=34	Tarek Ayad	LBA

Pool A

Date	17 September 2000

Round One

Date	17 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Yukimasa Nakamura	JPN	Ippon	Tarek Ayad	LBA
Match #2	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Victor Bivol	MDA	Ippon	Mansur Zhumayev	UZB

Round Two

Date	17 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Patrick van Kalken	NED	Koka	Pürevdorjiin Nyamlkhagva	MGL
Match #2	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Yukimasa Nakamura	JPN	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Anis Lounifi	TUN
Match #3	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Islam Matsiyev	RUS	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Martín Ríos	ARG
Match #4	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Ivan Baglayev	KAZ	Ippon	Jean-Claude Cameroun	CMR
Match #5	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Hüseyin Özkan	TUR	Waza-ari	Arash Miresmaeili	IRI
Match #6	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Georgi Georgiev	BUL	Yuko	József Csák	HUN
Match #7	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Zhang Guangjun	CHN	Ippon	Victor Bivol	MDA
Match #8	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Andrew Collett	AUS	Ippon	Javier Wanga	ARU

Quarter-Finals

Date	17 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Patrick van Kalken	NED	Ippon	Yukimasa Nakamura	JPN
Match #2	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Ivan Baglayev	KAZ	Ippon	Islam Matsiyev	RUS
Match #3	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Hüseyin Özkan	TUR	Yuko	Georgi Georgiev	BUL
Match #4	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Zhang Guangjun	CHN	Ippon	Andrew Collett	AUS

Semi-Finals

Date	17 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Patrick van Kalken	NED	Ippon	Ivan Baglayev	KAZ
Match #2	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Hüseyin Özkan	TUR	Ippon	Zhang Guangjun	CHN

Final Round

Date	17 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Hüseyin Özkan	TUR	Waza-ari	Patrick van Kalken	NED

Repêchage

Date	17 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Yukimasa Nakamura	JPN	Yuko	Pürevdorjiin Nyamlkhagva	MGL
Match #2	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Arash Miresmaeili	IRI	Ippon	Georgi Georgiev	BUL
Match #3	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Yukimasa Nakamura	JPN	Ippon	Ivan Baglayev	KAZ
Match #4	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Arash Miresmaeili	IRI	Ippon	Zhang Guangjun	CHN
Match #5	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Yukimasa Nakamura	JPN	Ippon	Arash Miresmaeili	IRI
Match 3/5	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Girolamo Giovinazzo	ITA	Yuko	Yukimasa Nakamura	JPN

Pool B

Date	17 September 2000

Round One

Date	17 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Larbi Benboudaoud	FRA	Ippon	Han Ji-Hwan	KOR

Round Two

Date	17 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Larbi Benboudaoud	FRA	Ippon	Jorge Quintanal	GUA
Match #2	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	David Somerville	GBR	Ippon	Miguel Ángel Moreno	ESA
Match #3	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Kiyoshi Uematsu	ESP	Ippon	Kevin Ngapoula-Mbembo	CGO
Match #4	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Alex Ottiano	USA	Yusei-gachi	Amar Meridja	ALG
Match #5	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Giorgi Vazagashvili	GEO	Ippon	Yordanis Arencibia	CUB
Match #6	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Pedro Caravana	POR	Yuko	Ludwing Ortiz	VEN
Match #7	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Henrique Guimarães	BRA	Ippon	Gabriel Bengtsson	SWE
Match #8	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Girolamo Giovinazzo	ITA	Ippon	Melvin Méndez	PUR

Quarter-Finals

Date	17 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Larbi Benboudaoud	FRA	Yuko	David Somerville	GBR
Match #2	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Kiyoshi Uematsu	ESP	Yuko	Alex Ottiano	USA
Match #3	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Giorgi Vazagashvili	GEO	Ippon	Pedro Caravana	POR
Match #4	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Girolamo Giovinazzo	ITA	Ippon	Henrique Guimarães	BRA

Semi-Finals

Date	17 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Larbi Benboudaoud	FRA	Ippon	Kiyoshi Uematsu	ESP
Match #2	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Girolamo Giovinazzo	ITA	Ippon	Giorgi Vazagashvili	GEO

Final Round

Date	17 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Larbi Benboudaoud	FRA	Ippon	Girolamo Giovinazzo	ITA

Repêchage

Date	17 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Han Ji-Hwan	KOR	Koka	Jorge Quintanal	GUA
Match #2	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Han Ji-Hwan	KOR	Ippon	David Somerville	GBR
Match #3	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Henrique Guimarães	BRA	Yuko	Melvin Méndez	PUR
Match #4	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Giorgi Vazagashvili	GEO	Ippon	Henrique Guimarães	BRA
Match #5	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Han Ji-Hwan	KOR	Yuko	Kiyoshi Uematsu	ESP
Match #6	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Giorgi Vazagashvili	GEO	Ippon	Han Ji-Hwan	KOR
Match 3/5	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Giorgi Vazagashvili	GEO	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Patrick van Kalken	NED

Final Round

Date	17 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	17 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Hüseyin Özkan	TUR	Ippon	Larbi Benboudaoud	FRA